奥地利将通过提高竞争提升经济

 　　VIENNA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Austria aims to boost its economic growth by improving the country's competitiveness, the government said in a report entitled "Economic Report of Austria 2013" released on Wednesday.

　　According to the report, despite an economic crisis, Austrian economic situation remained in relatively¹ good shape in comparison to the other countries.

　　The country's economic growth rate had exceeded EU average for 12 consecutive² years by 2012. Other economic indicators³ including unemployment rate and public deficit⁴ also put Austria above EU average.

　　However, the report said Austria needed to improve its overall competitiveness to maintain and increase its economic growth in the future.

　　It said industry constituted an important pillar of the Austrian economy, adding that Austria should especially focus on the development of the high-end industries and R&D-oriented industries.

　　In addition, the development of technology-based small- and medium enterprises (SMEs) should also be boosted.

　　Exports would remain important to the Austrian economy. The country should continue to encourage its exports and advance the enterprise internationalization process, it said.

　　Moreover, Austrian government will improve the market behavior management by modifying its regulations such as the corporate⁵ law and competition law.

　　The Austrian government will also continue to steadily⁶ increase its R&D investment to improve its national competitiveness.

　　Finally, the Austrian government would also improve its labor⁷ market by reducing the unemployment rate among the youths, the elderly and women. A two-pronged approach - promoting the economic growth on one hand, and improving the quality of labor on the other hand, will be taken by the government, the report said.

1 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

2 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。

3 indicators   

（仪器上显示温度、压力、耗油量等的）指针( indicator的名词复数 )； 指示物； （车辆上的）转弯指示灯； 指示信号

参考例句：

• The economic indicators are better than expected. 经济指标比预期的好。
• It is still difficult to develop indicators for many concepts used in social science. 为社会科学领域的许多概念确立一个指标仍然很难。

4 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

5 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

6 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

7 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。